This Side of Heaven : A Novel (Paperback)

from smilingsally

Characters are important in a novel. They must be credible. I was pleased to see Carl Joseph and Daisy Gunner, a Down Syndrome couple, living next door to the protagonist, Josh Warren. I remember them from earlier books in the Cody Gunner Series. Karen Kingsbury is at her best when writing charac...

from calexis

I loved the cover of this book when I first saw it. The little girl is just so cute and adorable. It made me want to know who she is in the book and well, it was a good book. This was a beautiful novel about family and belief. That sometimes we are too critical with our own family and fail to rea...

from KellyBlackwell

This book is absolutely beyond stunning. Where to begin? This was my introduction to Karen Kingsbury though I have heard so much about for what seems like forever. I knew that this was going to be good. I just had no idea how I would be as touched as I was. My heart ached for Josh. I wanted so mu...

from JenniferRobb

I was surprised to see this book listed as a series featuring Cody Gunner because Cody is only a minor character in this book. The book is mostly about the Warren family. (Cody was a friend of Josh Warren.) Josh Warren was injured while saving two girls from a drunk driver. He's trying to get a s...

from yabookscentral.com

I don't know where to begin. I don't think there's a more unrealistic book out there. Everyone is so 'Christian' and boring. By the end of the book, everything turns out fine, everyone's happy and God has solved all the problems and conflicts that seems so impossibly hard to face at the beginning...